Professor, Department of Political Science, University of California at Berkeley; Distinguished Research Professor, Swansea University. His contributions to SAGE Publications's Encyclopedia of Governance (2007) and Encyclopedia of Political Theory (2010) formed the basis of his contributions to Britannica.

Network, in social science, a group of interdependent actors and the relationships between them. Networks vary widely in their nature and operation, depending on the particular actors involved, their relationships, the level and scope at which they operate, and the wider context. The actors within…

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Encyclopedia of Governance provides a one-stop point of reference for the diverse and complex topics surrounding governance for the period between the collapse of the post-war consensus and the rise of neoliberal regimes in the 1970s. This comprehensive resource concentrates primarily on topics related to the changing nature and role of the state in recent times and the ways in which these roles have been conceptualized in the areas of Political Science, Public Administration, Political…